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LEO FOX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed October 20, 1904. Serial No. 229,217.

['0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO Fox, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

It is well-known thatfor many years inventors have sought to discover a non-refillable bottle and that such attempts for various reasons have been unsuccessful. I have endeavored to overcome the objections urged against that kind of bottle by constructing the device hereinafter described, which substantially accomplishes the objects sought by a non-refillable bottle.

The principle of my invention may be stated briefly to consist in the use of a glass tube or one of other material inserted through a plug, which in turn fits in the neck of the bottle. By lowering the tube the cork in the neck of the bottle is pushed downward to permit the flow of the liquid in the bottle.

The accompanying drawings and description will serve to make my invention clear.

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing an ordinary bottle with bulb and the tube and shoulder arrangements. Fig. 2 shows the tube pressed down so as to permit the flow of liquid. Figs. 3 and 4 area plan and an elevation of the plug-piece. Fig. 5 is a representation of another form of the same structural principle.

Referring first to the structure of Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A is a bottle; B, a tube with perforations or air-holes, O representing the air holes. I) is a cork serving as a plug for the air-holes. E is the cork. through which the tube passes. F is a small projection on the tube. G is the plug, through which the glass tube passes. H represents springs in said plug. There are various grooves l in said plug.

The method of operation is as follows: The bottle being filled with a fluid is corked as at E, Fig. 1. In that position no fluid can pass out. The top of tube B is pressed down so that the cork E passes from the neck of the bottle into the body, as is shown in Fig. at the same time the tube presses against the springs H, which in turn force end blanks 1 into the shoulder of the bottle. A rod or wire is then inserted in tube B for the purpose of pushing down plug 1), thus opening the airholes. Su'liicient air-draft is now secured to permit the fluid to pass along the grooves of the plug G. Of course it is obvious that when the tube is in the position Fig. 2 and the bottle has been emptied the fluid may be poured into it again; but it is impossible to recork the bottle.

Fig. 5 is a variation in structure, though the principle is the-same. In this case the tube is in two parts K and L, the former remaining fixed and being the so-called air-vent. The latter may be pushed down, as in Figs. 1 and 2, shoving down the cork, as indicated.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a bottle, the combination of a grooved plug adapted to lit into the neck of the bottle, a tube passing through said plug, a cork fitting said bottle, and means for pushing the cork into the body of the bottle.

2. In a bottle, the combination of a grooved plug in the neck of said bottle, springs fitted in said plug, a tube adapted to pass through the said plug and constructed to press against the said springs; the neck of the bottle adapted to receive the ends of said springs when pressed by said tube, and a projection on the said tube for changing the position of a cork of the bottle, substantially as described.

3. In a bottle, the combination of a grooved plug fitting in the neck of the bottle, a perforated glass tube passing through said plug, a cork covering the perforations in said glass tube and capable of being pushed to uncover said perforations.

in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. and signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this 19th day of October, 1904-.

LEO FOX.

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BERNARD ArruLnAUM, CLARENCE Gr. G-ALs'roN. 

